There are many Supply chain software providers in the market. Every quarterly business magazines and other data and software magazines conduct surveys on the Supply chain software providers in the market and the new entries. However most of the software in the market is of leading software groups who are into this business for years. They capture a large share of the market and a new company has to be very competent to beat them.

These providers provide supply chain software solutions depending upon the company and its requirements. They help other companies to streamline their supply chain activities and reduce their effort and increase their productivity. These supply chain software solutions gives an option of many supply chain functions like performance management, value chain collaboration, demand chain planning, global source management, supply chain planning, transportation & logistics management.

Those companies who provide supply chain software are called supply chain software vendors. Generally the Supply chain software vendors are chosen using the following criteria: Identified viable vertical industry niches and delivered the domain expertise needed to serve that industry.  Formulated emerging software functionality for business or manufacturing process optimization.  Distinguished themselves from the crowd of mainstream software vendors, for example, with their software distribution model or innovative use of infrastructure technology.